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Climate change in Puget Sound
The University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group recently published a report (pdf) projecting effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the Puget Sound region. For every significant metric, from...
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Fossil-fuel candidates
It’s no surprise that Republican presidential candidates have received the bulk of fossil-fuel industry political contributions. To a man, they reject the science and fact of climate change. Here’s a...
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Kids sue for their future
An interesting item in The Nation magazine. Twenty-one children of various ages and locales have sued President Obama. The heart of their argument is that government, by failing to significantly cut...
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Glub, glub
How high’s the water, Mama? James Hansen and other climate scientists have renewed their warning about almost certain catastrophe in a newly published paper. Amelia Urry, writing for Grist, reports...
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A big stink
Writing for The Nation, Bill McKibben exposes another dark side to Hillary Clinton: …We’ve become the planet’s salesman for natural gas—and a key player in this scheme could become the next president...
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From A to B
Puget Sound, like many U.S. metropolises, suffers from traffic congestion. There are just too many people driving too many cars on too few roads. When we set out for work each morning, we inevitably...
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The warming planet
NASA posted a video on its website. It illustrates planetary warming from 1880 to 2015. As you watch, you’ll notice that not much happens until we reach the 1970s. Then all hell breaks loose. But...
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Perfect killing the good
Ages ago, during my community activist days (at least that’s what I was called by the Everett Herald), I would occasionally rail against what I termed the “stiletto” approach to policy issues. While...
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Leave the trees alone
Here’s an idea. Let’s cut down then burn trees to produce electricity. After all, there are millions of trees and they’re renewable, right? Besides, the carbon released in combustion will be replaced...
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Perfect killing the good
The Everett Herald‘s editors weighed in. They urge a “no” vote on Initiative 732. They write: Revenue forecasting is difficult enough now, without having to estimate what would come from a carbon tax....
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